PEACOCK PURGE-ZUCKER PLANS MAJOR CUTS HOPING TO SAVE MILLIONS

[babylonsister]

Tucker?? I can hope... KO appears 'safe'...


PEACOCK PURGE
ZUCKER PLANS MAJOR CUTS HOPING TO SAVE MILLIONS
By PETER LAURIA


December 6, 2007 -- NBC boss Jeff Zucker is expected to make big cuts on the newsgathering and operational side of the company's news division, including eliminating an entire level of MSNBC's management team, in a bid to save between $20 million and $40 million, The Post has learned.

Sources inside or close to NBC yesterday claimed the cuts, which are expected to come down this week or next, will be weighted evenly between NBC News and MSNBC. CNBC staffers are being shielded from this round of cuts because Zucker wants the network to be at full strength now that the battle with Fox Business Network has begun. (FBN is owned by News Corp., which also owns The Post.)

Among those set to have their jobs eliminated at MSNBC are two holdovers from previous regimes - head of primetime programming Bill Wolf and Editorial Director Davidson Goldin. Wolf is a holdover from Rick Kaplan's days with NBC, while Goldin was recruited to the network when Dan Abrams served as general manager.

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http://www.nypost.com/seven/12062007/business/peacock_purge_42933.htm

[librechik]

1. I dunno, it's a stretch to call Tuhhcker a newsperson of any kind

I predict he too will be safe, since they are going after management, not talent.

[DontTreadOnMe]

4. Mother Tucker?

aww, c'mon. Give him a break. He dropped the bow tie, didn't he? Now he is just like all the other frat boy brats...

[MonkeyFunk]

2. great

more repeats of Lockdown and To Catch a Predator.

[AlCzervik]

3. i bet the Post had to change it's underwear after that.

[sam sarrha]

5. they don't need news crews with the White House writing their news

[sam sarrha]

6. i smell a BIG BONUS coming for the CEO and board of directors

[OzarkDem]

7. No profit in catering to the 28% gang

Wouldn't it be great if television and radio licenses were only granted to non-profit organizations?